"Norfolk. An example of the Norfolk accent and vocabulary can be heard in the songs by Allan Smethurst, aka The Singing Postman. Smethurst's undisputed Norfolk accent is well known from his releases of the 1960s, such as ""Hev Yew Gotta Loight Bor?"". The ""Boy John Letters"" of Sidney Grapes, which were originally published in the Eastern Daily Press, are another valid example of the Norfolk dialect. Beyond simply portrayers of speech and idiom however, Smethurst, and more especially Grapes, record their authentic understanding of mid-twentieth-century Norfolk village life. Grapes' characters, the Boy John, Aunt Agatha, Granfar, and Ole Missus W,"
"Allan Sherman Allan Sherman (born Allan Copelon; November 30, 1924 – November 20, 1973) was an American comedy writer, television producer, singer and actor who became famous as a song parodist in the early 1960s. His first album, ""My Son, the Folk Singer"" (1962), became the fastest-selling record album up to that time. His biggest hit single was ""Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh"", a comic novelty in which a boy describes his summer camp experiences to the tune of Ponchielli's ""Dance of the Hours"". He is not to be confused with the songwriter Al Sherman, who, coincidentally, also died in the"
"Alvin Stardust Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in 1961–62. However, he became better known for singles released in the 1970s and 1980s as Alvin Stardust, a character he began in the glam rock era, with hits including the UK Singles Chart-topper ""Jealous Mind"", as well as later hits such as ""Pretend"""
"Bodast Bodast (also known as Canto) were a late 1960s rock group from London. Its most famous member was Steve Howe, later to join Yes. Members were Clive Skinner on guitar and vocals, Dave Curtiss on bass and Bobby Clarke on drums. The group recorded an album for Tetragrammaton Records in 1968. The label had success in the United States with Deep Purple, but went out of business just before the scheduled release date for the Bodast album. A portion of a song from the Bodast album titled ""Nether Street"" was renamed ""Würm"" and was re-used as part of the"
"Earl Sinks Henry Earl Sinks (January 1, 1940 – May 13, 2017), known professionally as Earl Sinks, was an American singer-songwriter and actor, known by many pseudonyms. He led a prolific musical and acting career from the 1950s to the 1990s before retiring. He was best known for his long music career, including his brief tenure as lead singer of the Crickets from 1958 to 1960, and for his acting roles in numerous low budget movies and TV shows in the 60s. Sinks was performing with Bob Wills at age 12 before doing his first recordings in 1958 at Norman"
"1990 continuing to say ""that's a really great song — maybe we'll put it back in the set one of these days"". All songs were written by Lemmy, Würzel, Phil Campbell, and Phil Taylor. The One to Sing the Blues ""The One to Sing the Blues"" is a song by the British heavy metal band Motörhead, which Epic Records released in a number of formats; 7-inch and 12-inch singles, cassette-single, CD-single as well as a shaped picture disc. It reached number 45 in the UK Singles Chart. It is the opening track on the ""1916"" album. It was the band's"
"1960 and 1970 with Four Bills and a Ben. The lineup included John ""Rhino"" Edwards, Steve Byrd, saxophonist Andy Hamilton, Spike Edney and guitarist Mark Rich. Johnny Warman Johnny Warman was born John Robert Waughman in Bethnal Green, London. He is an English singer-songwriter best known for his 1981 album Walking Into Mirrors and the hit single ""Screaming Jets"". Warman was born in Bethnal Green, East London and he moved to Hackney at the age of seven. In Warman's home there was always music as his mother and father both sang. Inspired by The Beatles at the age of 11,"
"was due to release his first album for 30 years and six days after what became his last show at the Regal Cinema, Evesham. He had been diagnosed with prostate cancer 18 months earlier, which later metastasised. Alvin Stardust Bernard William Jewry (27 September 1942 – 23 October 2014), known professionally as Shane Fenton and later as Alvin Stardust, was an English rock singer and stage actor. Performing first as Shane Fenton in the 1960s, Jewry had a moderately successful career in the pre-Beatles era, hitting the UK top 40 with four singles in 1961–62. However, he became better known"
"of the leading pop groups of the time including the Searchers, Freddie and the Dreamers, the Dave Clark Five, the Bachelors, the Rolling Stones, and the Beatles. The song imagined the various artists singing about being conscripted, or ""called up"" into the British Army, although actual conscription had ended in 1960. The single climbed to number 3 in the UK Singles Chart. As an example, the song ""Bits and Pieces"" by The Dave Clark Five was parodied as ""Boots and Blisters"". They then followed this parody theme with two more hit singles ""Pop Go the Workers"" (1965) and ""Merrie Gentle"
"Singles / EPs Singles Singles Earl Sinks Henry Earl Sinks (January 1, 1940 – May 13, 2017), known professionally as Earl Sinks, was an American singer-songwriter and actor, known by many pseudonyms. He led a prolific musical and acting career from the 1950s to the 1990s before retiring. He was best known for his long music career, including his brief tenure as lead singer of the Crickets from 1958 to 1960, and for his acting roles in numerous low budget movies and TV shows in the 60s. Sinks was performing with Bob Wills at age 12 before doing his first"
"based on the television series ""Doctor Who"" and starring Peter Cushing. He also provided the music for ""The Challenge"" (1960), ""The Leather Boys"" (1964), ""The Comedy Man"" (1964), ""Corruption"" (1968), the cult horror film ""The Asphyx"" (1973), and ""The Cherry Picker"" (1974). McGuffie performed on many occasions with Benny Goodman outfits when Goodman toured in Europe. He can be heard playing with the Benny Goodman Sextet recorded live in Copenhagen in 1972. Bill McGuffie was voted Britain's top pianist in 1953, 1954 and 1955. He won an Ivor Novello Award in 1960 for his composition ""Sweet September"" and a Song"
"being ""I've never felt more like singing the Blues, When Ipswich win and Norwich lose, Oh Ipswich you've got me singing the blues"". Singing the Blues ""Singing the Blues"" is a popular song written by Melvin Endsley and published in 1956. The song was first recorded and released by Marty Robbins in 1956. (It is not related to the 1920 jazz song ""Singin' the Blues"" recorded by Frank Trumbauer and Bix Beiderbecke in 1927.) The best-known recording was released in October 1956 by Guy Mitchell and spent ten weeks at number 1 on the U.S. ""Billboard"" chart from December 8,"
"The Cryin' Shames The Cryin' Shames were a mid-1960s English pop/beat group, produced by Joe Meek. They had one UK hit single in 1966 with a cover of The Drifters' 1961 ""Please Stay"", written by Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard. The sextet was initially renamed from 'The Bumblies' which founded in 1963 in Liverpool, and was managed by Norman Eastwood. The Bumblies name came from a television programme starring Michael Bentine. The Bumblies comprised Charlie Crane (vocals), Joey Kneen (vocals), John Bennett (guitar), Phil Roberts (keyboards), George Robinson (bass guitar) and Charlie Gallagher (drums) Roberts and Kneen came from 'The"
"Sing (Joe Raposo song) ""Sing"" is a 1971 song written by Joe Raposo for the children's television show ""Sesame Street"". In 1973, it gained popularity when performed by the Carpenters, who made it a #3 hit on the ""Billboard"" Hot 100. Raposo was one of the staff songwriters on ""Sesame Street"", and the song became one of the most popular on the program, sung in English, Spanish, and sign language. In its initial appearance, it was sung by adult human cast members of the show (the most frequent lead singer was Bob McGrath) and Muppets, including Big Bird. Barbra Streisand's"
"The Move The Move were a British rock band of the late 1960s and the early 1970s. They scored nine Top 20 UK singles in five years, but were among the most popular British bands not to find any real success in the United States. Although bassist-vocalist Chris ""Ace"" Kefford was the original leader, for most of their career the Move was led by guitarist, singer and songwriter Roy Wood. He wrote all the group's UK singles and, from 1968, also sang lead vocals on many songs, although Carl Wayne was the main lead singer up to 1970. Initially, the"
"the water dance (""Mayim Mayim""). In the 1960s, folk music became dominants with guitar-led teenagers leading the songs of Pete Seeger, Peter, Paul & Mary, and Bob Dylan, among others, as well as original compositions not usually recorded for posterity. Following the Six-Day War in Israel, a surge of Zionism in Jewish life pushed Hebrew, Israeli, Chasidic, and liturgically based songs to the forefront. The ""Mi Chamocha"" hymn, for example, was set by NFTY participants to the melody of Bob Marley's Redemption Song. Similarly, the traditional Adon Olam can be set to nearly any melody for any situation. In 1968,"
"Sing Children Sing Sing Children Sing is an album by English singer-songwriter Lesley Duncan, released in 1971. The musicians included then rising star Elton John on piano, guitar legend Chris Spedding and Pentangle drummer Terry Cox, all of whom were on a break from recording John's 'Madman Across The Water' album, as well as noted percussionist Ray Cooper. Duncan first rose to prominence when John recorded her composition 'Love Song' for his ""Tumbleweed Connection"" album in 1970. ""Love Song"" has been covered by numerous artists, including Elton John (on his album ""Tumbleweed Connection""), Olivia Newton-John, Barry White and Neil Diamond."
"and most played song of the entire 1960s decade. Paul Williams included ""Brown Eyed Girl"" in his book ""Rock and Roll: The 100 Best Singles"", writing that: ""I was going to say this is a song about sex, and it is, and a song about youth and growing up, and memory, and it's also—very much and very wonderfully—a song about singing."" This song proved to be the impetus for Morrison's career. It was his first single after leaving his position as lead singer for the Belfast-formed Them and led to his relocation to the United States and an eventual contract"
"Colin Blunstone Colin Edward Michael Blunstone (born 24 June 1945) is an English singer, songwriter and musician. In a career spanning more than 50 years, Blunstone came to prominence in the mid 1960s as the lead singer of the English rock band the Zombies, which released four singles that entered the Top 75 charts in the United States during the 1960s, including ""She's Not There"", ""Tell Her No"", ""She's Coming Home"", and ""Time of the Season"". Blunstone began his solo career in 1969, releasing three singles under a pseudonym of Neil MacArthur. Since then, he has released ten studio albums"
"""The Creep"". He had three entries in the UK Singles Chart between 1954 and 1960, with ""The Creep"" being his highest placed hit record, reaching #10 in January 1954. Among his fans was the Queen Mother, for whom he played twice at Windsor Castle. Towards the end of his life he was awarded the Freedom of the City of London. He died in November 2005. [3] This England's Second Book of British Dance Bands - The Singers and smaller bands. This England 2001. . Ken Mackintosh Ken Mackintosh (4 August 1919 – 22 November 2005) was an English saxophonist, composer"
"Crispian St. Peters Crispian St. Peters (born Robin Peter Smith, 5 April 1939 – 8 June 2010) was an English pop singer-songwriter, best known for his work in the 1960s, particularly his 1966 hits, The Changin' Times' ""The Pied Piper"" and Ian & Sylvia's ""You Were on My Mind"". St. Peters was born in Swanley, Kent and attended Swanley Secondary Modern School. He learned guitar and left school in 1954 to become an assistant cinema projectionist. As a young man, he performed in several relatively unknown bands in England. In 1956, he gave his first live performance, as a member"
"still further to embrace all slow-tempo pieces. Notable sentimental ballads of this period include, ""Little Rosewood Casket"" (1870), ""After the Ball"" (1892), and ""Danny Boy"" (1913). Popular sentimental ballad vocalists in this era were Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Andy Williams, Dusty Springfield, Johnny Mathis, Connie Francis, Nat King Cole, Liza Minnelli and Perry Como. Their custom recordings were usually instrumental versions of current or recent rock and roll or pop hit songs. The most popular and enduring songs from this style of music are known as ""pop standards"" or (where relevant) ""American standards"". Many vocalists became involved in 1960s' vocal"
"somewhat from the attention. The ever-present sunglasses led some people to assume that the stationary performer was blind. His black clothes and the desperation in his songs emanated the image of mystery and introversion. His dark and brooding persona, combined with his tremulous voice in lovelorn ballads marketed to teenagers, made Orbison a star in the early 1960s. His string of top-40 hits continued with ""In Dreams"" (US number seven, UK number six), ""Falling"" (US number 22, UK number 9), and ""Mean Woman Blues"" (US number five, UK number three) coupled with ""Blue Bayou"" (US number 29, UK number three)."
"Solomon King Solomon King (August 13, 1931 – January 21, 2005) was an American 1960s and 1970s popular music singer. He is best remembered for his 1968 British hit single, ""She Wears My Ring"", which charted in 40 countries. Born Allen V. Levy in Lexington, Kentucky, as a teenager he attended the Cincinnati Conservatory of Music, and was offered a scholarship to study Cantatorial Music by Jan Peerce. He first started singing professionally in 1952. Under his first pseudonym, Randy Leeds, his records such as ""I'm Gonna Live Til I Die"" did not sell. King was the first white singer"
"No.35 in the UK album chart. Monty Python Sings Monty Python Sings is a compilation album of comedy songs by the Monty Python team. Released in 1989 to celebrate their 20th anniversary, it contains popular songs from their previous albums and films. The album contained two previously unreleased tracks; ""Oliver Cromwell"" (first performed by John Cleese on the 1960s radio series ""I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again)"" was recorded during sessions for ""Monty Python's Contractual Obligation Album"" in 1980 while a studio recording of Terry Gilliam's live standard ""I've Got Two Legs"" was recorded in 1974 for the Drury Lane"
"been the Post–World War II baby boom, which gave the Beatles a larger audience of young fans than Frank Sinatra and Elvis Presley ever had a decade earlier. Some commentators have argued that the Beatles' famous moptop haircuts signaled androgyny and thus presented a less threatening version of male sexuality to teenage girls, while their presentable suits meant they seemed less ""sleazy"" than Elvis to middle-class whites. With the success of their second single, ""Please Please Me"", the Beatles found themselves in demand for the whole of 1963. In the UK, the song reached number 2 on the ""Record Retailer"""
"it [Jumbo] as an A-side in Britain because the public still want big, emotional ballads from the boys. In a ""Billboard"" magazine interview with the Bee Gees, Maurice said of the song, ""I love 'The Singer Sang His Song' from way back [in 1968]. But the songs are like our kids, and you feel funny favoring one to the other"". The Singer Sang His Song ""The Singer Sang His Song"" is a song written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb and recorded by the English rock group Bee Gees, released in early 1968 as a single along with Jumbo. In"
"the original group disbanded. Singing was a link between the church and the Civil Rights Movement. The songs, influenced by gospel, rhythm and blues, and soul music, and which have a hymn-like quality, show a relationship between ""secular and spiritual elements"" with ornamented, richly harmonized and syncopated part singing. ""Singing was integral"" to the Civil Rights Movement of the early 1960s, helping to bring young black Americans together to work for racial equality. Some think of the civil rights era in the 1950s and 1960s as ""the greatest singing movement in our nation's history."" The Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King,"
"a popular and prominent musical style. However, some pop singers who had been popular during the swing era or traditional pop music period were still big stars (i.e. Frank Sinatra, Doris Day, Ella Fitzgerald, Dinah Shore, and Bing Crosby). Some of these vocalists faded with traditional pop music, while many vocalists became involved in 1960s' vocal jazz and the rebirth of ""swing music""; the swing music of the 1960s is sometimes referred to as easy listening and was, in essence, a revival of popularity of the ""sweet"" bands that had been popular during the swing era, but with more emphasis"
"lyrics. Established British artists such as Eric Burdon, the Who, Cream, Pink Floyd and the Beatles produced a number of highly psychedelic tunes during the decade. Many British psychedelia bands of the 1960s never published their music and only appeared in live concerts during that time. The Kingston Trio, the Weavers, Pete Seeger, Woody Guthrie, Odetta, Peter, Paul and Mary, Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, The Byrds, Judy Collins, Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Carolyn Hester, Phil Ochs, Tom Paxton, Buffy Sainte-Marie, Dave Van Ronk, Tom Rush, Fred Neil, Gordon Lightfoot, Ian and Sylvia, Arlo Guthrie and several other performers were instrumental"
"Al Bowlly Albert Allick Bowlly (7 January 1898 – 17 April 1941) was a British vocalist who was popular during the 1930s in England. He recorded more than 1,000 records. His most popular songs include ""Midnight, the Stars and You"", ""Goodnight, Sweetheart"", ""The Very Thought of You"", ""Guilty"", ""Love Is the Sweetest Thing"" and the only English version of ""Dark Eyes"" by Adalgiso Ferraris as ""Black Eyes"" with words of Albert Mellor. Bowlly was born in Lourenço Marques in the Portuguese colony of Mozambique. His parents were Greek and Lebanese. They met en route to Australia and moved to South"
"by Paul McCartney). Crane went on to be the lead singer of 'Gary Walker and The Rain'. The English Freakbeat series included ""What's News, Pussycat"" by the Cryin' Shames on the ""English Freakbeat, Volume 5"" edition. The Cryin' Shames The Cryin' Shames were a mid-1960s English pop/beat group, produced by Joe Meek. They had one UK hit single in 1966 with a cover of The Drifters' 1961 ""Please Stay"", written by Burt Bacharach and Bob Hilliard. The sextet was initially renamed from 'The Bumblies' which founded in 1963 in Liverpool, and was managed by Norman Eastwood. The Bumblies name came"
"with the winner chosen by regional juries situated across the country. This format was used until 1960. During this era the show was known as the ""Festival Of British Popular Songs"" (1957) and ""Eurovision Song Contest British Finals"" (1959 & 1960). In 1961 the show became known by its more familiar title, ""A Song For Europe"", with regional juries once more deciding the winner. Typically, during that period, singers would be invited by the BBC to choose and perform a song that they liked from the shortlist available. Household names such as Petula Clark, Lita Roza, Anne Shelton, Frank Ifield,"